| Essay on the True Manner of Playing the Clavier Zweyter Teil | Part II |
Commentary (original text in black)
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| Vorrede | Preface |
| ...sich an die vorgeschriebene Höhe und Tiefe nicht binden... | ...without taking the indicated register literally... |
| Usually the correct register requires transposing the right hand an octave higher, and sometimes the bass as well. For this translation, Bach's multi-voice examples set on a single staff have been expanded to two or three staves, incorporating the requisite transpositions. | |
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